Four engraved admission cards for Elijah W. carpenter of Vermont to attend the first set of lectures given at the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1813. The cards are signed by Nathan Smith, Eli Ives, Jonathan Knight, and Benjamin Silliman. Carpenter attended the medical school for one year and did not receive an M.D. (which was not required to practice medicine). The card are part of the Elijah W. Carpenter papers.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Elijah W., 1778-1855, Ives, Eli, 1779-1861, Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1789-1864, Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864, Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829, and Yale University. School of Medicine
Elijah W. Carpenter attended the first session of the Medical institution of Yale College in 1813-1814. He stayed only one year and did not obtain an M.D. from Yale. This engraving is located in the Elijah W. Carpenter papers. Inscription: "J. G. Chandler Lith. Boston."
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Carpenter, Elijah W., 1778-1855 and Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution
